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Candles And Teddy Bears

Another sad day goes by
Watching distraught fathers cry
Hearing bereft mothers scream
Lovers now robbed of their dream
What became of that small child
The babe in arms meek and mild
Time to ask oh why, oh why
Must innocent loved ones die

Cruel men lurk in shadows where
Rats and snakes befriend them there
The rotten carcasses of life
Who rob the husband of the wife
Politicians sit an stare
At the carnage everywhere
Powerless to stop, the pain
They watch and wait for it again

So we light our candles
Then we lay teddy bears
To show to the world that
Our pain is indeed there
While slime writhe in gutters
To plot their next schemes
Politicians, debate
While the next mother screams

Jane Shields (C)

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